Christian P.
VMware Aria Specialist
Experience
Dec 2023 - May 2025
1 year 6 monthsVMware Aria Specialist
Public authority
- Create workflows for server orders with different condition requirements and specifications based on an external ordering portal (connecting Aria Automation via REST API to BMC ITSM Helix) for separate internal customers / teams / tenants
- Map workflows for day-2 operations via the front-end portal (snapshots, resize, disk operations, backup)
- Create test cases and automated tests to check the code and stability of the entire ordering process
- Document the workflows in Confluence / Wiki / Jira
- Create and maintain blueprints
- Integrate Ansible Tower for additional VM customizations
Jul 2023 - Dec 2023
6 monthsVMware vRealize Specialist
Telecommunications company
- Create workflows for migrations from NSX-V to NSX-T
- Automate relevant operational tasks
Dec 2022 - Apr 2023
5 monthsVMware vRealize Automation & Orchestration Specialist
BWI GmbH
- Create workflows and actions in vRO for self-service portal features with vRA
- Terraform for IaaS via GitLab Runner
Jun 2022 - Apr 2023
11 monthsVMware vRealize Automation & Orchestration Specialist
EnBW
- Plan, set up, and install vRealize LCM 8 (vIDM and vRA / vRO)
- Integrate vRealize Cloud Services
- Create vCenter templates for Linux and Windows
- Integrate the templates into blueprints
- Integrate NSX into vRA and vCenter
- Connect to infrastructure systems (CMDB, IPAM, backup, DNS)
- Create workflows and actions in vRO to extend vRA functionalities
Aug 2020 - Sep 2022
2 years 2 monthsVMware vRealize Automation & Orchestration Specialist
4Group
- Plan and set up vRealize Automation 8.x environment; integrate via vLCM into vCenter 6.x and 7
- Create vCenter templates for Linux and Microsoft OS
- Integrate the templates into blueprints
- Integrate NSX into vRA and vCenter
- Connect to infrastructure systems (CMDB, IPAM, backup, DNS)
- Create workflows and actions in vRO to extend vRA functionalities
- Configuration management with Puppet (including fine-tuning Puppet Hiera configurations via custom PHP API)
- Automate post-deployment tasks with Ansible
- Validate vendor designs
- On-prem cloud based on DELL/EMC VxRail
Nov 2019 - Jun 2020
8 monthsVMware and Linux Administration
PlusServer AG
- Administration of VMware ESXi / vCenter 6.0 – 6.7
- Upgrading the infrastructure to VMware 6.5 / 6.7 (depending on hardware)
- Hardware maintenance (upgrading firmware versions)
- Automating upgrades (including hardware and software)
- Automating installations on 6.5 and 6.7 including adjustments
May 2018 - Sep 2019
1 year 5 monthsVMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist
MetroGroup
- Automating manual tasks for vRA administration (creating, renaming and deleting BusinessGroups; managing AD groups; setting and removing CustomProperties)
- Integrating external components to maintain CMDB data
- Creating 2-day actions (Veeam backup and CPU settings)
- Bulk importing VMs into vRA (via vRO)
Dec 2017 - Jan 2018
2 monthsVMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist
Otto Group
- Automating creation and removal of Customer/BusinessGroups
- Automating scanning and creation of vIDM groups
Jul 2017 - Oct 2017
4 monthsVMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist
GFK SE
- Assisting with the consolidation of multiple data centers and migration to a new one
- Migrating workflows and workloads to a new vRealize Orchestrator
- Upgrading the vRO and vRA environment
- Upgrading the vSphere environment
- Providing operational support
Oct 2016 - Jun 2017
9 monthsVMware Realize Automation & Orchestration Specialist
Vodafone
- Connecting infrastructure systems via application APIs to vRealize Orchestrator (DNS, CMDB, backup, server automation)
- Supporting the external development company in implementing workflows for VM lifecycle management through vRealize Automation
Nov 2013 - Aug 2016
2 years 10 monthsVMWare Consultant
Fujitsu TDS AG
- Upgrade vSphere 4.* + 5.0 -> 6.0
- Automation with VMware Orchestrator / vRealize Orchestrator
- Server setup and teardown
- Technical installation of applications
- Performing basic configurations
- Internal delivery management
- Customer interaction
- Maintenance of IT systems and infrastructure solutions, including troubleshooting system issues
- Analysis of project-specific customer requirements
Jan 2013 - Oct 2013
10 monthsVMware Consultant
SAP AG
- Support for LabManager migrations to vCloud Director
- Support in planning, implementation, maintenance, and project documentation
- Improving technical workflows for virtualization products
Oct 2012 - Dec 2012
3 monthsVMware Consultant
Fujitsu TDS AG
- Creating scripts for automation and analysis
- Server setup
- Technical installation of applications
- Performing basic configurations
- Internal delivery management
- Creating migration plans
- Customer interaction
- Maintenance of IT systems and infrastructure solutions, including troubleshooting system issues
- Analysis of project-specific customer requirements
Oct 2011 - Sep 2012
1 yearTechnical Project Manager
Fujitsu TDS AG
- Creating scripts with PowerShell (PowerCLI) for automated incident tracking for compliance checks, snapshot monitoring, and storage status
- Creating compliance and GxP documentation
- Technical implementation and planning, including time estimation and identifying reusable components
- Configuring server systems based on Windows 2003, 2008, and SLES 11 SP1
May 2008 - Sep 2011
3 years 5 monthsIT-Consultant / IT-Professional
Lidl Stiftung & Co KG
- System administration of Linux servers (SLES10, SLES11, Ubuntu Server, Debian, RHEL, CentOS, Fedora)
- Standardizing Linux environments by migrating other distributions to SLES11
- Connecting SLES servers to the corporate AD, including assigning sudo permissions
- Setting up and managing Novell SMT servers
- Setting up a network installation based on AutoYast for the SLES servers
- Creating application RPMs and integrating them into a global Lidl repository
- Migrating media servers (NetBackup 7.1) from MS2k8 to SLES11SP1
- Administration of the production VMware farm
- Building and expanding the Lidl Test Center with VMware ESX
- Setting up a VMware Lab Manager for the Lidl Test Center
- Creating Lab Manager templates in fenced and unfenced environments
- Creating and managing VMware templates
- Configuring Nagios monitoring for VMware servers
- Providing 2nd and 3rd level support for Linux and VMware servers
- Scripting complex tasks to control vSphere/vCenter with vMA
Jul 2007 - Apr 2008
10 monthsLinux System Administration
Lidl Stiftung & Co KG
- Set up and expand the Lidl TestCenter with VMware ESX
- Administer the Lidl BackOffice servers with SuSE 7.3
- Set up a terminal server for external companies to support Lidl BO systems
- Extend a terminal server for internationalization with multiple languages
Nov 2001 - Jun 2007
5 years 8 monthsLinux System Administration
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein / Dresdner Kleinwort
- System administration of RHEL servers
- Setup and expansion of calculation and application clusters based on NetBoot, later expanded to NetInstall
- Integration of cluster configurations into a Sybase database for management and modification
- Administration of Tomcat, JBoss, and Apache servers
- Administration of Sybase, Oracle, Informix, MySQL, and PostgreSQL servers
- Creation of application RPM frameworks for simplified application updates on RHEL and Solaris
- Setup and administration of RHN Satellite servers for RHEL updates and application upgrades
- Setup of NTP, LDAP, Sendmail, NFS, and DHCP servers
- 2nd and 3rd level support for Linux and VMware servers
- Administration of OmniORB and TIBCO Rendezvous
- Performance monitoring with Ganglia via multicast protocol
Oct 2001 - Oct 2001
1 monthLinux System Administration
Remote
- Administration of Apache, Squid, and mail servers
- File server based on Samba for a small business network
Jul 2001 - Sep 2001
3 monthsSystem Administration
KIMAG Nürnberg
- Setup of a W2K network installation
- Administration of Apache web servers as cluster systems
- Administration of DNS and DHCP servers
- Administration of MySQL servers with replication mechanisms
Summary
Automation Engineer with many years of experience in virtualization
System administration
Automation
Architecture
Cloud management
Networking
Technical support
Project planning and execution
Experience with VMware and Linux-based operating systems
Networking and TCP/IP
Quick comprehension, even of large and complex infrastructures.
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
IntermediatePolish
ElementaryEducation
Oct 1990 - Jun 1994
Elektromontage Berlin GmbH
Electrician · Berlin, Germany
Certifications & licenses
ITIL-Essentials
VMware Aria Automation Professional
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